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6 Essential Tips to Build your Business Using Instagram

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6 Essential Tips to Build Your Business Using
Instagram
You’re missing out on a lot of potential business if you’re not using Instagram as part of your
online marketing plan. With over 130 million active users, Instagram can be used to create short
photos and videos to help you increase your brand’s exposure.
However, simply creating an Instagram profile for your business is just one step towards
building a successful online marketing campaign. The important part is to follow the below
mentioned 10 essential tips that will help you make sense of your Instagram strategy for your
business. Read More
1. Embedding Instagram Video In Your Website/Blog
Recently, Instagram offered its users the ability to embed their Instagram videos on to their
personal blogs and websites. Now whenever you need to embed a video, simply click the Share
button (on the right side of the interface) to see the embed code for the video you want to share.
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2. Build A Loyal Following
It’s important to have a loyal fan base following your Instagram account. To start off, make sure
your Instagram profile is connected with your Facebook account. This will help you get the word
out to people on your Facebook, which hopefully will lead them to follow you on Instagram as
well. Read More
3. Keep Track Of Followers & Follow Them Back
Once you start building up your following, make sure you follow back everyone. Many
businesses make the mistake of ignoring their followers and tend to have a strict no following
policy. Such measures are not helpful, especially when social media is all about being ‘social’.
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4. Plan Out Your Posting Schedule
Having a plan of your posts including it’s content and time period can really help make things
easier in promoting your business on Instagram. Contrary to what many will have you believe,
posting on a daily basis is not necessary. Read More
5. Encourage Fans To Try Out Instagram Apps
There are numerous apps available for Instagram that will help you to improve your brand image
and ultimately your business. You can publicly encourage your followers to use these apps for a
better user experience. Applications like Gramgrab, Copygram, Instagrille and Instawar to name
a few, will help users to print pictures, get subscribed to Instagram updates via email, search for
certain keywords or download all Instagram content (photos and videos) into their local
computer etc. Read More
6. Keep It Fun
Probably the most important point of all the above suggestions; it’s imperative that you keep
your content engaging and fun to read for your followers. Your posts must tell a story and have
something insightful for your followers rather than the usual corporate/business pitches that
everybody is so tired of hearing on a daily basis. Read More
Conclusion
The above mentioned tips are just a few to get you started with effectively communicating with
your followers to build your business on Instagram. They are not set rules carved in stone, but
can be changed and modified to the situation and the type of target audience. Read More

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